The group nodded from time to time in agreement. They had been happy to hear what Lady Lian said.
However, the smile on everyone's face gradually disappeared. The old empress frowned. Other ladies also looked at Lady Lian in astonishment, and some looked at Yun Shang's reaction from time to time.
Yun Shang sneered. She knew she couldn't let it pass this time.
She wondered whether it was because she had appeared too good tempered usually that everyone could come close to her and criticize her at will?
"Lady Lian," Yun Shang said calmly.
Lady Lian smiled, "Yes, your majesty."
Seeing that Lady Lian didn't seem to know what she really meant, Yun Shang couldn't help smiling, "Do you have any sisters who haven't got married?" Without waiting for Lady Lian's answer, Yun Shang continued, "It's not right. Lady Lian is in your thirties. I'm afraid your sisters have already been married. Or do you have a niece who hasn't married yet? "
Lady Lian didn't know why she suddenly changed the topic. She nodded in a daze and replied, "Yes, I have two nieces who are not yet married."
"Oh, how old are they?" Yun Shang asked.
"One is thirteen, the other is eleven."
"That's too young. They both haven't come of age yet. They cannot get married yet," said Yun Shang. She nodded slightly and turned to Lady Lian, "Your two nieces are still so young. Do you want to send them to the palace? Do you want them to be concubines of his majesty? What kind ofpositionsdoyouthinkareappropriateforthem?" The confusion in Lady Lian's eyes deepened, "Why did you say so, your majesty? I... I have never thought of sending them to the palace as concubines. "
"Oh?" Yun Shang blinked her eyes and said, "I heard from you that his Majesty's palace is empty. I supposed you wanted to send your nieces to the palace, didn't you?
Or maybe... Or maybe you want to give birth to more children for His Former Majesty? " Yun Shang sneered.
Lady Lian glanced at the old empress in a hurry and tried to argued, "I... I dare not think so. "
The empress just glanced at her coldly without saying anything.
Yun Shang sneered, "Speaking of which, although you are a lady of the State of Xia, you are just a concubine. How dare you talk about his majesty, me and his son. Lady Lian, what crime do you think you deserve? "
Lady Lian's face darkened, "Your majesty, you are being too harsh. Although I'm just a concubine, I'm still a lady of His Former Majesty's, and an elder of his majesty..."
"An elder?" the old empress, who had been silent from beginning to end, suddenly said with a mocking look on her face, "His Majesty is my own child. I haven't found anything wrong with the issues about his majesty's imperial household or his children. Don't you think there is anything wrong with my family? Why are you talking nonsense in your identity? What kind of elder are you?! As you said just now, you are just a concubine of His Former Majesty, one of the concubines in the imperial household. After all, you're just a servant with a higher status.
You are just a maid, but the Empress is the master of the imperial household. Why are you talking about her, his majesty and his son? "
Lady Lian's face darkened.
The old empress raised her eyes to look at Yun Shan, "Your majesty, Lady Lian violated the Emperor's orders and talked about the Emperor's heir. You can decide what to do with it."
Yun Shang nodded slightly and said with a smile, "As for the violation of the rule to talk about the Emperor's heir, twenty slaps in the face. As for her offense, flog twenty strokes. "
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